Opening statements scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday

Jury selection is expected to be completed by noon Wednesday in the trial of Michael Clark, the man accused of the 1994 murder of Boulder city worker Marty Grisham.

Grisham, Boulder's director of information services, was fatally shot in the doorway of his apartment while having dinner with his girlfriend in November 1994.

Prosecutors believe Clark, a friend of Grisham's daughter at the time, was the killer. Officials say Clark was trying to cover up that he had stolen checkbooks from Grisham because the theft might have kept Clark from getting into the Marine Corps.

Clark was a person of interest in the case initially but investigators were unable to link him to the murder until they took a second look at the evidence nearly 18 years later. Clark, 36, was arrested in January and charged with first-degree murder.

Michael Clark (Mark Leffingwell / Camera file photo)

He pleaded not guilty in April and remains free on $100,000 bond.

Jury selection in the case got started this morning, and it appeared the judge would not dismiss court this evening until a jury was seated, according to officials with the Boulder County District Attorney's Office.

However, after prosecutors finished questioning potential jurors late this afternoon, the judge dismissed court for the day, and the defense will pick up its portion of the jury selection process at 8 a.m. Wednesday, officials say.

Once the 12 jurors and two alternates are selected, opening statements in the trial are expected to begin Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

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